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[[image: photo]] [[caption]] CAROLE SIMPSON NBC Network Correspondent, Winner 1979 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity James Weldon Johnson Award. [/caption [[image: photo]] For Freedom Dinner [[caption]] JERI WARRICK-CRISMAN, Director, National Community Affairs, NBC-TV, New York, accepts the Gary, Indiana NAACP "Benjamin Hooks Achievement Award" presented annually to a Gary native who exemplifies the ideals of the organization. Looking on are Hank Aaron, who received the Roy Wilkins Award; Dr. Howard Thurman, the dinner speaker; and Randall Morgan, dinner chairman. [/caption]] 316